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[RamFan503]

Shouldn't it be "I could not care less about your post?"

I tried. Just couldn't do it.

 

[Prime Time]

Grammarian

 

[OldSchool]

 

[Dodgersrf]

Aint getting involved.

 

[Prime Time]

Aint getting involved.

You just did.

 

[Dodgersrf]

You just did.

yup.

 

[Roman Snow]

I prolly don't have any hang ups about some of the lazy trends in language.
I'm guilty to, sometimes.

I could of gotten all petty, and listed some things that give me a twitch, but decided to take the high road today.

:rant:Tell 'em how "Fischer" bugs you!
:ranttron did it.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I try not to type it but I speak a fair share of red neck, and don't realise it until it is pointed out; like, "Look up air (there)".

As long as I know what you mean I am fine with it all. I worked with high school dropouts for 8 years. I can decipher quite a bit.

 

[RhodyRams]

raise your hand those who went outside for a Seahawks today!!!!

 

[RamFan503]

raise your hand those who went outside for a Seahawks today!!!!

Trying to tell us something?

 

[Ramhusker]

Aint getting involved.

It's ain't.

 

[LesBaker]

@ScotsRam
@HX76
@Dieter the Brock

If you check your We Surrender paperwork dated October 19, 1781 it's in there..........we can upgrade the lingo. And change it. And fuck with it. Or whatever.

hehehehehejustmessingaround

 

[Dodgersrf]

It's ain't.

Lol.
I was going to use an apostrophe, but thought....what could be better then mispelling a word that doesn't exist.

Well. At one time it didn't.

 

[Roman Snow]

Most of us are guilty of an oversight or two during a message. I definitely make more errors when on my iPhone, or auto corr ft will fx et for me.

 

[DaveFan'51]

While we're at it, the phrase is 'I couldn't care less'...
'I could care less' makes no freaking sense whatsoever!

Don't these two "Phrase's" Have two different meanings!!?! One says "I could .." The other "I couldn't ..".

 

[DaveFan'51]

Shouldn't it be "I could not care less about your post?"

No, it should be " I could care a Lot less about your post!":shades::snicker:

 

[tiger1971]

You're gonna regret starting this thread. Americans have been bastardising the English language for decades. (Note that's bastardising with an 's', not a 'z')

Some of my favourite examples:-

Favourite
Harbour
Analyse
Behaviour
Defence
Offence
Flavour
Favour
Any version of a word with 'ise' that you change to 'ize' for no apparent reason.

While we're at it, the phrase is 'I couldn't care less'...
'I could care less' makes no freaking sense whatsoever!

Ok, rant over.

Excellent, an English language thread.

Mr ScotsRam is under the misapprehension that it is the British that have stood still with their spelling and grammar and our American cousins who have adapted and developed it.

However, this is incorrect. We British are a dynamic people and like to incorporate different cultures into our own on a regular basis, our language is adaptive and always evolving and we have moved on from the spelling and grammar of the 18th and 19th centuries to where we are today. The Americans have preserved those spellings from 200+ years ago and have only slightly adapted their language in that time.

As an example I give you;

• The US still use the Imperial measurement system, I wonder where that came from?? and why is it called Imperial?
• That well known Indian dish Balti was actually created in Birmingham, England
• What is more British than a cup of tea? Apart from the fact we have never grown our own tea leaves and borrowed tea drinking from China
• The patron Saint of England? Actually Roman soldier, probably from Syria

 

[Prime Time]

You're gonna regret starting this thread. Americans have been bastardising the English language for decades. (Note that's bastardising with an 's', not a 'z')

Some of my favourite examples:-

Favourite
Harbour
Analyse
Behaviour
Defence
Offence
Flavour
Favour
Any version of a word with 'ise' that you change to 'ize' for no apparent reason.

While we're at it, the phrase is 'I couldn't care less'...
'I could care less' makes no freaking sense whatsoever!

Ok, rant over.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except North Dakota, which she does not fancy).

To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.'

3. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

4. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.

5. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

6. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager.

South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

7. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialect in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

8. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).

9. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

10. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.

God Save the Queen!